orestes

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

Other forms of orestes

plural

oresteses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about orestes

What does orestes mean?

orestes means "(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus".

How many syllables are in orestes?

orestes has 3 syllables: o-res-tes. The stress falls on "res". In IPA it is /ɔˈɹɛstiz/.

Is orestes a common word?

orestes is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.